Which builders build in the Blue Mountains?
Which builders build homes in the Blue Mountains?
Has anyone built up there? Who with and what did you get for your budget?
How is Blue Mountains council to deal with for…
Exposed Aggregate Driveway
Hi, I'm after some recommendations in this area too.
Can someone help please?
flyscreens for extra large entry doors / sliding glass doors
Thank you! That's exactly what I was thinking of.....
What's the difference?
What's the difference between exposed aggregate and pebble crete?
What is this driveway below done in?
Costs for driveway for pebblecrete or coloured concrete?
Hi, I have a very wide driveway of approx 72m2.
I was thinking about doing what I think is a charcoal coloured pebblecrete and boardering it with pavers. See picture:
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Getting rid of excess bricks from builder over ordering
Thanks for the feedback everyone... still not really sure what to do though.
We don't require them for retaining as we already have sandstone retaining walls planned. We were thinking about…
Getting rid of excess bricks from builder over ordering
Our bricking is complete on our new home but we still have 6 pallets of unused bricks sitting on our block!
What do I do with them?
Is there are…
Vertical gardens
Hi everyone,
We have an almost 10 ft garage wall of bricks that our entertaining/ garden area faces and retaining walls of 1m + regular timber fence height on top of…
Who's building with Clarendon??
juxt1n - Have you started the process with Clarendon? They give you a list of the std bricks for each location (or you can ask at the brick yard) in…
Who's building with Clarendon??
Personally, I thought the std range was terrible. Australs std was a bit better than PGHs, but it all comes down to personal taste. We chose a PGH brick that…
Who's building with Clarendon??
Do you mean two different colours? I think so, but there would be an additional charge.
You can choose any brick in the std range at no additional cost....any other…
Who's building with Clarendon??
You don't have to add a facade cost if you are keeping the traditional facade - it's only if you are changing the way the front of your house looks…
Who's building with Clarendon??
Hello! Welcome! Another Clarendonite here.
We are building the Kenthurst in Rouse Hill.
So far so good...no complaints about anyone or any experience. Any hiccups we did encounter were dealt with efficiently…
Contract signing
Any advice on what I need to pay particular close attention to? I'm doing this on my own so have no-one to cross check things for me.
Contract signing
We have already signed for our tender to send our plans to council...now I am booked in to sign our contract tomorrow. They tell me they allow 3 hours for…
What shade of Red
Here are my colours I was talking about:
Espresso is the darker of the 2 greys. the red and silver are metaline splashbacks I was thinking of...obviously you know the pumice…
What shade of Red
Pearl - I am still choosing. I just spoke to my kitchen guy today and he said I could choose from Taubmans, Bristol or DUlix! I thought I could only…
What shade of Red
thanks michelle...will check out.
Pearl - do you mind taking a pic for us please? I don't think I would go 2 different colours either. What does your kitchen look like?
What shade of Red
What DUlux red would you match to this metaline red colour?
Hang on ...let me find another photo... I took that in unnatural light.
http://www.laminex.com.au/uploads/broch ... ochure.Pdf
I think…
Got to love photoshop
Here's my ******* version! See what I mean about a shanty house?! And I just had to add the dog in there too!
My first ever build - Clarendon Kenthurst!!
How exciting Melissa! It will be interesting to hear how your experience with Blacktown Council goes - we are with Baulkham Hills. Did you decide to use the landscape plan…
Got to love photoshop
Haha! Very cool! Well done! I tried to do the same but don't know the program very well and it landed up looking like a shanty house! That may have…
Show me your garden. Aquaponics anyone?
What is th aplant with the multi coloured leaf called in the 2nd to last pic. Could it grow in Sydney?
What shade of Red
wow - I hate the colour swatch but love the splashback. I think my o/head cupboards might be too dark for that red though. They are laminex colour gloss Espresso
Thanks…
What shade of Red
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23569861/kithcen%20sback.docx
Not sure if that link will work but I started compiling a bunch of coloured glass splashbacks to see if it was red was really what…
My first ever build - Clarendon Kenthurst!!
Aren't I clever!? I have a blog... I'm new to all this so beare with me and let me gloat a while for being so clever! lol
My first ever build - Clarendon Kenthurst!!
Melissa - Woohoo! Great plan...very interesting to compare notes and see what changes come from the orginal plan the builder puts out! Such lovely open living space!
Personally, if I were…
What shade of Red
Michelle...waht's the colour in the south australia kitchen?
What shade of Red
OOh! Let's compare notes...I am doing the same thing. I picked up a few Dulux colours the other day to lookl at... I have the swatches stuck on my current…
My first ever build - Clarendon Kenthurst!!
Yep! Exterior colours done!
Boral contour gunmetal tiles
PGH Black & Tan bricks
Ironstone gutters and downpipes
Evening Haze fascias and windows
Evening Haze tuscan style panel glide garage doors
Grrr... just tried to put…